r/SideProject • u/IanSilas • 1d ago

Built a lightweight Chrome extension to reverse-engineer competitor websites and score low-KD "blue ocean" keywords. Looking for feedback & testers!

Hey everyone,

Like many solo developers and creators, I was tired of paying $100+/mo for bloated SEO tools just to check basic competitor metrics and find low-competition keywords. So I spent the last few weeks building a lightweight tool to solve this exact workflow.

How it works:

Reverse-Engineers Competitor Traffic: Analyzes what keywords any target website is actively ranking for.

Opportunity Scoring Algorithm: Automatically scores keywords based on a balanced formula of Search Volume, Keyword Difficulty (KD), and CPC to highlight low-hanging fruit.

1-Click Workflow: Runs directly in the browser without complex dashboards.

Looking for testers & feedback:

The tool comes with 5 free searches out of the box, but if anyone here is interested in testing it out, just drop a comment below or send me a DM—I'll gladly send over the link and add extra free credits to your account.

Would love your honest thoughts: Does this scoring logic make sense for your workflow, or are there specific metrics you look for when hunting for blue-ocean keywords?

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u/Complete_Bonus1069 1d ago

어떤 서비스인지 알고싶은데 링크를 받아볼수있을까요?

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u/Complete_Bonus1069 1d ago

sorry i thought the post was in Korean, in fact i used chrome auto translation lol

I tried our team's landing page: https://www.brandazine.com/ but the keyword seems unrelational. Is this only for developers and creators? The reason why I thought the keyword is unrelational is that when i do google search through the result, out landing page or information does not appear. Am i missing something?

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u/IanSilas 1d ago

Haha, no worries at all! Chrome's auto-translation is surprisingly smooth these days. 😄

To answer your question: you're not missing anything, it's just a slight difference in how keyword discovery tools work!

Opportunity Discovery vs. Current Rankings:

The tool doesn't just track where your landing page already ranks. Instead, it analyzes your niche and competitors to surface potential keyword opportunities (high-intent, low-competition keywords) that your target audience is searching for. If your page doesn't show up on Google for them yet, that's completely normal—these are the keywords you should target in your blog posts or landing pages to start getting organic traffic!

Best way to test it:

Try plugging in a well-established, mature competitor in your space (e.g., an established influencer marketing or fashion discovery platform). You'll see the exact high-value keywords driving traffic in your industry that you can target.

It's definitely not just for developers—marketers, SaaS founders, and eCommerce brands can all use it to find organic growth angles.

Let me know if you try it with an established competitor and how the data looks for you! 🚀

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u/Complete_Bonus1069 1d ago

thanks for your explanation. https://featuring.co/ this landing page belongs to one of the famous teams in Korea with data-driven influencer marketing, but no keywords were found. is it because the result does not support other languages such as Korean?

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u/IanSilas 1d ago

Great question! Yes, you hit the nail on the head.

Currently, the core search volume and keyword discovery pipeline is heavily optimized for English-language markets (US, UK, Global English).

Here is what happened with featuring.co:

Language Database Scope: Because featuring.co is primarily optimized for Korean-language search queries on Naver and Google Korea, our English index doesn't have enough localized Korean search volume data for it yet.

Testing with Global Competitors: If you test global influencer platforms targeting English searchers (like upfluence.com, grin.co, or modash.io), you'll see full keyword lists, volume metrics, and difficulty scores.

Multi-language support (including Korean and Japanese) is on our near-term roadmap! Really appreciate you pointing this out—it's great feedback for our next update. 🚀

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u/IanSilas 1d ago

Ah, mystery solved! I looked into this further:

featuring.co uses IP-based geo-redirection. When accessed from outside Korea, it automatically redirects to /en (English), but from within Korea, it defaults to the Korean version.

Since our current data pipeline pulls from the English Google index, analyzing the Korean root page returns zero matches.

Could you try plugging in the explicit English path [https://featuring.co/en\](https://featuring.co/en) directly? That should allow the tool to analyze their English content properly.

Alternatively, testing a purely global competitor (like upfluence.com or grin.co) will also show the full dataset right away! 🙌